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wickedfleaSAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- For the first time ever, a federal appeals court declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional Wednesday because of the words "under God" added by Congress in 1954.
I'm all for it, but people are going to FREAK OUT over this, especially in this climate of ultra-patriotism. Fuck 'em, though. I always hated the pledge of allegiance anyway. We're supposed to have freedom to dissent, right? So why are we making children stand up in class and recite this weird-ass incantation that they can't even understand? And (not just because of the "under god") it's always seemed way too much like a prayer to me. But hey, that's right up our alley, right? Despite the lip service we pay to separation of church and state, we LIKE our religion and our government and our education all twisted up together like a little weiner package. Hell yeah. And little pink houses for you and me. Whatever that means.
Oh, and does anyone else remember praying in public school? I distinctly remember praying as a class in first grade. This would have been about -- what, '76, 77? That's after it was declared unconstitutional, right? Not that we Mississipians give a shit, though.
I'm all for it, but people are going to FREAK OUT over this, especially in this climate of ultra-patriotism. Fuck 'em, though. I always hated the pledge of allegiance anyway. We're supposed to have freedom to dissent, right? So why are we making children stand up in class and recite this weird-ass incantation that they can't even understand? And (not just because of the "under god") it's always seemed way too much like a prayer to me. But hey, that's right up our alley, right? Despite the lip service we pay to separation of church and state, we LIKE our religion and our government and our education all twisted up together like a little weiner package. Hell yeah. And little pink houses for you and me. Whatever that means.
Oh, and does anyone else remember praying in public school? I distinctly remember praying as a class in first grade. This would have been about -- what, '76, 77? That's after it was declared unconstitutional, right? Not that we Mississipians give a shit, though.
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Date: 2002-06-26 12:55 pm (UTC)at my elementary school, the birthday kids got to go to the office and lead the others via intercom. no one shared my day, so i had to pray alone.
damn, i hated myself for doing that.